TEAP Specialist Orientation April 2001

1. TEAP Specialist OrientationApril 2001

2. Job CorpsGeneral Information • Established in 1964 • Serves approximately 70,000 students per year at more than 120 centers/campuses across the country

3. Job Corps Costs

4. Employment and Training Administration Organization

5. Office of Job Corps Organization

6. Office of Job Corps National Program Support .CDSS Support .Architecture & Engineering Support .Vocational Equipment/VST Support .Center Expansion .Data Center .Procurement .Small Business Integration .CCC - Interagency Liaison .Capacity Building .Student Benefits/Transportation/Child Care .FOIA/Privacy Act .Management Information System Library .Job Corps Directives System .Hall of Fame, Scholarships .Safety & Health .Community Connections • National Program Development • CDSS Program Policy • .Vocational Training • .National Training Contractors • .Academic-Curriculum Development • .Contextual Academic/Voc Learning • .Social Skills Training • .Outreach & Admissions • .Placement • .Post Center Services • .Industry Councils • .Employability Skills • .Labor Market Information • .Health Services • .School-to-Work National Program Management and Accountability .CDSS Accountability .Finance and Budget .Program Review .OIG/GAO Audits .GPRA .Annual Report .Continuous Improvement Strategies .National Awards .Student Complaints/EEO/Significant Incidents .Data Design & Analysis .Student Feedback Survey/Safety .Post Placement Data Collection .Initial 13-week Follow-up .6/12 Month Follow-up .Mathematica Study

7. Job Corps Health Office Organization

8. Job Corps National Snapshot

9. Job Corps Administration • Department of Labor develops policy and regulatory guidance • Regional Office (RO) awards contracts, provides oversight, monitoring, and TA

10. Job Corps Administration • National Health Office handles national health issues; provides direction in health matters to ROs; monitors health and wellness programs • Health Support contractor provides TA to ROs/centers through regional health consultants (RHCs), provides technical support to National Health Office • RHCs conduct center assessments, provide technical assistance to center staff, and conduct trainings to center health staff at health support contractor’s direction

11. Center Health and Wellness Programs • Center health and wellness team members • Quality assurance on center • Center assessments

12. Wellness Philosophy • Redefining roles of health providers • Ensuring use of wellness terminology • Using TQM/CQI approaches to ensure program quality and effectiveness

13. Important Resources—Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH) • Provides JC community with policy on all aspects of JC operations—from eligibility criteria through placement • PRH Chapter 5, Health Program—Provides policy on ensuring students receive health services, support, and education that will enhance their employability and encourage and maintain a healthy lifestyle

14. PRH Basic Health Services • Cursory health evaluation including cursory oral exam and medical history (within 48 hours) • Entrance physical exam and review of medical history (within 14 days) • Laboratory testing (within 48 hours) • Immunizations • Case management of chronic health problems • Mandatory oral exam by center dentist (between 45th and 75th day)

15. Important Resources—Health Directives • PRH Change Notice—contains new or revised policy with instructions to delete, replace or add pages • Program Instruction—One-time announcement requiring a specific response/action (e.g., survey) • Information Notice—One-time announcement not requiring a specific action (e.g., meeting/conference announcement)

16. Important Resources • Technical Assistance Guides (TAGs)—contain guidelines, suggestions, and examples for implementing policy/programs • COPs • Program Assessment Guide (PAG)—contains information on the center assessment process

17. TEAP DESCRIPTION

18. Minimum Program Components • Assessment • Intervention • Counseling • Relapse Prevention • Prevention and Education

19. Assessment • All students positive at entry • Other students as stated in GOP, at TEAP discretion • Assessment tool, TEAP choice • All assessments documented in health record

20. Intervention • Intervention plans based on assessment • NA, AA, ACOA • Group/individual counseling • Recreation involvement

21. Counseling • Group/individual based on intervention plan • Assessment of ongoing effectiveness • Documentation in health record of all sessions

22. Relapse Prevention • Students with history of drug use receive relapse prevention • Methods used are determined by the needs of the population • Documentation of services provided in medical record

23. Prevention and Education • Provide AOD information during • Wellness classes • Work readiness classes • Dorm meetings • Vocation classrooms safety meetings

24. Center Director • Frequent meetings with CD to discuss • Center AOD programs • Test statistics

25. Health and Wellness Manager • HWM is TEAP counselor’s supervisor • Budget requests • Time schedules

26. Health and Wellness Staff • Assist with sample collection for drug testing, as needed • Refer students to TEAP when AOD use is suspected

27. Basic Education and Vocation • Meet with education and vocation staff to: • Discuss suspicious behavior identification and referral • Provide AOD information related to employment

28. Center Mental HealthConsultant • Request student evaluations • Discuss case management • Support students with dual diagnosis

29. Center Standards Officer • Process referrals when students violate the ZT policy • Assist with the development of appropriate sanctions

30. Counselors • Refer students to counseling groups; stress management, anger control, and peer resistance groups • Driver’s Education Instructor • Provide AOD information at driver’s education classes • Health and Wellness Instructor • Be a guest speaker at sessions related to AOD information

31. Workplace Readiness Coordinator • Introduce TEAP during orientation • Personnel Manager • Schedule center staff for AOD policy training and document in personnel file • Placement Specialist • Enforce the concept of fitness for work during exit phase • Recreation Staff • Assist with provision of alternate leisure-time activities

32. AdministrativeActivities

33. Reporting • Provide information on the number and results of alcohol tests for alcohol testing report • Testing Integrity • Use proper chain-of-custody principles • Assist with staff training in use of AOD testing supplies • Bloodborne Pathogen Plan • Ensure compliance with plan

34. Center Committees • Meet with center committees as requested • Meet with student government health and wellness committee

35. Continuous Quality Improvement • Use of student satisfaction surveys • Conduct continuous evaluation of program success

36. Standing Orders • Assist with training • Collaborate on change when asked

37. Special Programs • Tobacco Use Prevention Program (TUPP) • Assist in developing program and implement as required in PRH

38. Community Connections • Community Services • AA, ACOA, NA • Community Events • Red Ribbon Week • Professional Organizations • Community health fair involvement